PROFESSORIAL LEADER OF ENGINEERING DESIGN
| Employment Type | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Location | London West , South Kensington. |
| Industry Sector | Mechanical |
| Start Date | ASAP |
| Salary/Rate | £59,430 per annum |
| Reference | EN20080012 |
| Date Advertised | 07-03-2008 - 09:48 |
Description
Imperial College London is ranked the fifth best university in the world (Times Higher QS World University Rankings 2007).
Applications are invited for a Professorial Leader of Engineering Design with effect from 1st April 2008 or as soon as possible thereafter. The post is within the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Imperial College London. It forms part of the new Design-London partnership between Imperial and the neighbouring Royal College of Art in South Kensington.
Department of Mechanical Engineering Professorial Leader of Engineering Design
Imperial College is one of Europes leading teaching and research institutions and the Department of Mechanical Engineering had the highest possible rating in the last Research Assessment Exercise.
We are seeking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic academic staff member of the highest calibre in the general area of design. You will manage the design teaching in the department with a coherent strategy and vision, based on a deep understanding of todays and tomorrows manufacturing industry. We expect you to raise the profile of design as a unifying theme of undergraduate and postgraduate curricula within the Faculty of Engineering, and improve the quality of its teaching. You will also provide leadership and direction for engineering design teaching within the Industrial Design Engineering course, run jointly with the Royal College of Art.
Candidates for the post will have extensive and relevant experience of design and a high level of motivation to teach design and to interact with students. You will also have evidence of successful management of staff at group and departmental level.
Informal queries to Professor Tony A Kinloch, e-mail: a.kinloch@imperial.ac.uk telephone: +44(0)207 594 7000.
Further particulars and an application form may be obtained from the following links: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/employment/academic
PLEASE QUOTE REFERENCE EN20080012 ON THE APPLICATION FORM.
Alternatively, please contact Anna Demetriades, Promotions and Senior Appointments Manager, email: a.demetriades@imperial.ac.uk or Maria Monteiro, Senior Appointments Co-ordinator (Professors and Readers), email: m.monteiro@imperial.ac.uk Human Resources Division, Imperial College London, Level 3 Faculty Building, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ.
Closing date for applications: 25th February 2008.
